Top 10 High Dividend Large Cap Stocks in the UK — Top 50 List

Of the 62 large cap companies in the UK on PositoAI, 60 pay a dividend. First on the list is Legal & General Group Plc (7.28%). The median among them is 2.69%. None of the top 10 has an active red or yellow flag.

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#	Company	Score	Market Cap (INR Cr) / USD	P/E	P/B	Owes vs Owns	ROE	Div Yield	Flag	Sector
1	Legal & General Group PlcLGEN	8,423	₹2,01,682£15.95B	27.1	6.02	1.00×	27.0%	7.28%	—	Financial Services
2	Imperial Brands PLCIMB	17,103	₹2,70,192£21.37B	13.4	5.30	0.84×	37.1%	5.88%	—	Consumer Defensive
3	Aviva plcAV	19,445	₹2,70,754£21.41B	42.1	2.16	0.98×	7.1%	5.63%	—	Financial Services
4	British American Tobacco p.l.c.BATS	20,363	₹12,17,507£96.27B	15.4	1.99	0.55×	13.4%	5.59%	—	Consumer Defensive
5	NatWest Group plcNWG	19,729	₹6,32,676£50.03B	8.4	1.14	0.94×	14.8%	5.40%	—	Financial Services
6	Rio Tinto GroupRIO	21,783	₹12,87,535£101.81B	11.4	2.08	0.46×	19.3%	5.38%	—	Basic Materials
7	BP p.l.c.BP	19,065	₹11,95,828£94.56B	24.5	2.17	0.74×	8.9%	4.06%	—	Energy
8	BT Group plcBT-A	20,669	₹2,63,801£20.86B	19.2	1.66	0.75×	8.5%	4.03%	—	Communication Services
9	HSBC Holdings plc0005	19,662	₹29,62,407HK$2.46T	13.3	1.60	0.94×	13.1%	4.02%	—	Financial Services
10	National Grid plcNG	19,707	₹7,78,112£61.53B	18.5	1.57	0.64×	8.4%	4.01%	—	Utilities
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11	Reckitt Benckiser Group plcRKT	17,635	₹4,46,952£35.34B	12.6	4.56	0.69×	48.0%	3.99%	—	Consumer Defensive
12	Severn Trent PLCSVT	12,444	₹1,23,847£9.79B	26.4	5.42	0.90×	20.5%	3.92%	—	Utilities
13	Lloyds Banking Group plcLLOY	19,303	₹7,27,975£57.56B	12.6	1.22	0.95×	11.3%	3.88%	—	Financial Services
14	J Sainsbury plcSBRY	19,881	₹97,025£7.67B	19.6	1.25	0.68×	6.4%	3.81%	—	Consumer Defensive
15	Admiral Group plcADM	16,632	₹1,47,416£11.66B	17.8	7.78	0.84×	45.6%	3.79%	—	Financial Services
16	GSK plcGSK	18,622	₹9,69,895£76.69B	16.2	4.35	0.72×	33.4%	3.64%	—	Healthcare
17	3i Group OrdIII	23,083	₹2,97,204£23.50B	4.3	0.76	0.04×	19.1%	3.63%	—	Financial Services
18	United Utilities Group PLCUU	13,351	₹1,42,137£11.24B	17.6	5.01	0.88×	27.7%	3.62%	—	Utilities
19	Endeavour Mining plcEDV	20,542	₹1,20,672£9.54B	15.6	3.79	0.43×	31.3%	3.49%	—	Basic Materials
20	SEGRO PlcSGRO	20,499	₹1,54,712£12.23B	41.1	1.00	0.33×	2.5%	3.47%	—	Real Estate
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21	Unilever PLCULVR	15,899	₹13,55,032£107.15B	13.5	7.89	0.76×	31.9%	3.42%	—	Consumer Defensive
22	Vodafone Group Public Limited CompanyVOD	18,022	₹3,50,987£27.75B	Loss	0.65	0.58×	0.1%	3.35%	—	Communication Services
23	Associated British Foods plcABF	23,401	₹1,70,789£13.51B	14.5	1.18	0.41×	8.4%	3.28%	—	Consumer Defensive
24	Rentokil Initial plcRTO	20,544	₹1,08,763£8.60B	38.0	2.09	0.62×	6.0%	2.98%	—	Industrials
25	Shell plcSHEL	19,890	₹27,97,485£221.21B	11.5	1.64	0.52×	14.3%	2.96%	—	Energy
26	Intertek Group plcITRK	15,024	₹1,14,915£9.09B	28.9	8.56	0.73×	29.9%	2.79%	—	Industrials
27	Barclays PLCBARC	19,022	₹6,90,298£54.59B	8.5	0.69	0.95×	10.1%	2.74%	—	Financial Services
28	Smith & Nephew plcSN	20,082	₹1,20,037£9.49B	20.6	2.40	0.49×	11.8%	2.71%	—	Healthcare
29	Tesco PLCTSCO	18,939	₹4,28,979£33.92B	18.2	2.96	0.71×	17.0%	2.70%	—	Consumer Defensive
30	Bunzl plcBNZL	18,712	₹1,10,387£8.73B	18.4	3.08	0.67×	18.2%	2.69%	—	Consumer Defensive
31	SSE plcSSE	19,732	₹3,93,885£31.15B	24.4	1.99	0.54×	9.7%	2.68%	—	Utilities
32	Informa plcINF	20,174	₹1,45,937£11.54B	50.0	2.03	0.49×	4.5%	2.64%	—	Communication Services
33	Diageo plcDGE	17,106	₹5,03,430£39.81B	30.9	4.91	0.72×	15.0%	2.58%	—	Consumer Defensive
34	Standard Chartered PLCSTAN	19,344	₹5,43,752£43.00B	12.5	1.04	0.94×	9.8%	2.50%	—	Financial Services
35	RELX PLCREL	-6,621	₹6,65,112£52.59B	24.2	42.48	0.92×	131.9%	2.32%	—	Industrials
36	Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLCCCEP	18,990	₹4,73,829$50.20B	22.1	5.70	0.72×	23.5%	2.18%	—	Consumer Defensive
37	Compass Group PLCCPG	16,543	₹5,35,249$56.71B	28.0	7.13	0.73×	26.9%	2.07%	—	Consumer Cyclical
38	International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A.IAG	20,154	₹2,25,512£17.83B	7.2	2.46	0.81×	42.1%	2.03%	—	Industrials
39	Haleon plcHLN	20,042	₹4,25,665£33.66B	21.3	2.05	0.49×	10.1%	1.96%	—	Healthcare
40	The Sage Group plcSGE	-12,550	₹1,35,580£10.72B	29.8	48.73	0.94×	75.6%	1.94%	—	Technology
41	AstraZeneca PLCAZN	18,527	₹25,45,776£201.31B	26.0	5.36	0.57×	22.0%	1.89%	—	Healthcare
42	Airtel Africa PlcAAF	21,962	₹1,28,331£10.15B	20.0	4.32	0.75×	26.4%	1.88%	—	Communication Services
43	BAE Systems plcBA	18,889	₹7,14,244£56.48B	27.6	4.56	0.69×	18.6%	1.88%	—	Industrials
44	Pearson plcPSON	19,305	₹1,04,213£8.24B	27.4	2.46	0.47×	9.2%	1.88%	—	Communication Services
45	Antofagasta plcANTO	22,818	₹3,77,137£29.82B	24.2	3.72	0.45×	17.9%	1.81%	—	Basic Materials
46	London Stock Exchange Group plcLSEG	19,708	₹5,74,863£45.46B	34.1	2.30	0.97×	7.7%	1.80%	—	Financial Services
47	NEXT plcNXT	14,618	₹2,18,126£17.25B	19.2	11.46	0.68×	54.5%	1.76%	—	Consumer Cyclical
48	Linde plcLIN	17,623	₹22,20,693$235.27B	32.9	6.02	0.54×	18.4%	1.28%	—	Basic Materials
49	Willis Towers Watson Public Limited CompanyWTW	18,345	₹2,91,197$30.85B	20.6	4.01	0.75×	19.8%	1.21%	—	Financial Services
50	InterContinental Hotels Group PLCIHG	-24,251	₹2,28,440$24.20B	35.2	-8.13	1.57×	—	1.11%	—	Consumer Cyclical

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Which large cap companies in the UK have the highest dividend yield?

The first five on PositoAI's list are Legal & General Group Plc (7.28%), Imperial Brands PLC (5.88%), Aviva plc (5.63%), British American Tobacco p.l.c. (5.59%), NatWest Group plc (5.40%).

How many large cap companies in the UK pay a dividend?

60 of the 62 large cap companies in the UK on PositoAI pay a dividend; this page shows the top 50.

How is this list made?

Companies that pay a dividend, ordered by dividend yield (yearly dividends as a percentage of the share price). The list is updated every day from PositoAI's data.

What counts as a large cap stock in the UK?

For companies in United Kingdom, PositoAI uses the same dollar bands as for the US: large cap means a market value above $10 billion, mid cap $2–10 billion and small cap $300 million to $2 billion.

Companies that pay a dividend, ordered by dividend yield (yearly dividends as a percentage of the share price). Score is the Positivity Score; Owes vs Owns is everything a company owes compared with everything it owns (what each figure means); ⚑ marks an active red or yellow flag. All top lists for United Kingdom. PositoAI is for research and education only and is not investment advice.